Receiveth Not The Gift Quotes & Sayings

Clothes don't make the man, but they make all of him except his hands and face during business hours, and that's a pretty considerable area of the human animal. — George Horace Lorimer

Certainly, the emergence of Enterprise Rent-A-Car and the Taylor family has been one of the great things that has happened in St. Louis. We are no longer headquarters for McDonnell Douglas, although the McDonnell family is still very much involved in our community. — William Henry Danforth

Our government makes no sense unless it is founded on a deeply held religious belief - and I don't care what it is. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Tabouli is the best salad, but still, you don't win friends with salad — Richard Dreyfuss

Why should I be angry at someone when they are out dancing? — Buddy Hackett

Mindfulness is a state wherein one is totally aware in any situation and so always able to respond appropriately. Yet one is aware of being aware. Mindlessness, on the other hand, or "no-mindness" as it has been called, is a condition of such complete absorption that there is not vestige of self-awareness. — Philip Kapleau

Where there is support, there is no grief. — Jodi Picoult

Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up. — Marian Keyes

In the measure to which a man cuts off and humbles his own will, he proceeds toward success. But insofar as he stubbornly guards his own will, so much does he brings harm to himself. — Ephrem The Syrian

Denzel Washington's career is an enormous luxury. Compare him to Wesley Snipes. — Alec Baldwin

Sazed shook his head, walking over to stand beside her. "Belief isn't simply a thing for fair times and bright days, I think. What is belief - what is faith - if you don't continue in it after failure?" Vin frowned. "Anyone can believe in someone, or something, that always succeeds, Mistress. But failure ... ah, now, that is hard to believe in, certainly and truly. Difficult enough to have value, I think. — Brandon Sanderson

The wisdom of crowds works when the crowd is choosing the price of an ox, when there's a single numeric average. But if it's a design or something that matters, the decision is made by committee, and that's crap. You want people and groups who are able to think thoughts before they share. — Jaron Lanier

The enormous mental resilience, without which no Chess player can exist, was so much taken up by Chess that he could never free his mind of this game — Albert Einstein